{"id":393,"date":"2011-05-13T13:58:11","date_gmt":"2011-05-13T12:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maya-b.com\/?p=393"},"modified":"2011-05-13T13:59:42","modified_gmt":"2011-05-13T12:59:42","slug":"birthday-girl-in-the-clouds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maya-b.com\/?p=393","title":{"rendered":"Birthday girl in the clouds"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have discovered a new favourite designer!!! Well she is in no way new in the knitting world, and it is a bit strange that I haven\u2019t found her before now, but I\u2019m so glad I did. Kate Davies\u2019<\/a> designs are classy and tailored but in a quirky style, I just adore them! I just finished her (get off my) Cloud<\/a> top, and rarely have I worked with a pattern so well written, which is a huge inspiration for me as an aspiring designer, this is the quality I aim to achieve. Reading her blog I found that she is an academic within History, and she absolutely loves Scotland\u2019s scenic environment, but I also learned about her recovering from a stroke and how she feels that this has defined her personality in other ways than the woman she used to be. I can totally relate! I haven\u2019t blogged about this, and don\u2019t know if I ever will, but I have also been through a long process of illness and recovery, and yes it forces you to redefine your self. Now having read a lot of creative blogs and publications, it seems to me that people going through massive changes and difficulties (not necessarily physical\/medical ones) often turn to creativity to find back to themselves, their core, and that this often comes out in striking results. Being creative seems to reassure oneself about the ability to be constructive and to create, when everything else, and sometimes even yourself, seems lost. Although I can\u2019t put my finger on what this is exactly, I believe that I can sense a nerve, a trace, some sort of vulnerable strength from these experiences in the work of people who has gone through them. <\/p>\n

Jeg har oppdaget en ny favoritt designer!!! Egentlig s\u00e5 er hun ikke s\u00e6rlig ny som m\u00f8nsterdesigner, og det er i grunn litt rart at jeg ikke har oppdaget henne f\u00f8r n\u00e5, men jeg er s\u00e5 utrolig glad for at jeg ogs\u00e5 gjorde det til slutt. Kate Davies<\/a> sine modeller er klassiske med vekt p\u00e5 nydelig passform, men samtidig har de sine spesielle s\u00e6regenheter, jeg er simpelthen forelsket! Jeg har akkurat gjort ferdig (get off my) Cloud<\/a>, og sjeldent har jeg arbeidet med et s\u00e5 velskrevet m\u00f8nster, noe som er til stor inspirasjon for en aspirerende designer som meg, dette er den kvaliteten ogs\u00e5 jeg sikter etter. Ved \u00e5 lese bloggen hennes har jeg l\u00e6rt at dette er en akademiker innenfor Historie, hun elsker Skottlands naturskj\u00f8nne omgivelser, men jeg har ogs\u00e5 l\u00e6rt at dette er en kvinne som kommer seg etter et hjerneslag og om hvordan hun f\u00f8ler at dette har definert hennes personlighet som annerledes fra den kvinnen hun pleide \u00e5 v\u00e6re. Dette kjenner jeg meg igjen i! Jeg har ikke blogget om dette, og vet ikke om jeg noen gang kommer til \u00e5 gj\u00f8re det heller, men jeg har ogs\u00e5 v\u00e6rt igjennom lang tids sykdom og rekonvalens, og ja du tvinges til \u00e5 redefinere deg selv. N\u00e5 etter \u00e5 ha lest en rekke kreative blogger og publikasjoner, s\u00e5 virker det p\u00e5 meg som om at flere som g\u00e5r igjennom store og omveltende livsforandrende opplevelser og vanskeligheter (ikke n\u00f8dvendigvis sykdomsrelaterte) ofte bruker kreative aktiviteter til \u00e5 finne tilbake til seg selv, og at dette ofte kommer til uttrykk gjennom sl\u00e5ende resultater. Det \u00e5 v\u00e6re kreativ synes \u00e5 forsikre en om at man fremdeles har evnen til \u00e5 v\u00e6re konstruktiv og til \u00e5 skape, n\u00e5r alt annet, og noen ganger til og med deg selv, virker tapt. Selv om jeg ikke helt greier \u00e5 sette fingeren p\u00e5 hva dette er, s\u00e5 tror jeg at jeg kan sense en nerve, et spor, en form for s\u00e5rbar styrke fra disse opplevelsene i arbeidet til de som har opplevd dem.<\/p>\n

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In all of Kate\u2019s designs<\/a> you can see her love for the Scottish nature show through, her delicate colour choices, the practicality of her garments, her choice of fibres. It\u2019s obvious that these garments are made for and by someone who enjoys spending time outdoors. I like them all, but there\u2019s one particular top I fell in love with. Why? Because it bursts of positivity and happiness. There\u2019s an aspect of my life that fills me with positivity and happiness too, and that is my children! Coming my daughter\u2019s nine year birthday and finding this top, it clicked! I just had to make it for her. Have I been knitting? Let me tell you, I almost didn\u2019t sleep for a week. As I initially mentioned, this is a brilliantly well-written pattern. The details in the finishing are amazing, but also time consuming. I totally underestimated how long it would take me to finish the i-cord edging and to stitch up the hem. But in the end, as you can see, all is well! The gorgeous receiver is happy, in fact she refused to take it off and wore it for several days. Mission accomplished!<\/p>\n

I alle av Kates modeller<\/a> kan du se at hennes kj\u00e6rlighet til den skotske naturen skinner igjennom, hennes delikate fargevalg, de praktiske aspektene ved plaggene, hennes valg av fibre. Det er tydelig at dette er plagg skapt for og av noen som liker \u00e5 oppholde seg utend\u00f8rs. Jeg liker dem alle, men det var spesielt ett plagg jeg falt fullstendig for. Hvorfor? Fordi det omtrent sprekker av positivitet og glede. Det er en side ved livet mitt som ogs\u00e5 er fylt av positivitet og glede, og det er barna mine! I forkant av jenta mi sin ni\u00e5rsdag var det \u00e5 finne denne sommertoppen en et fantastisk sammentreff. Jeg bare m\u00e5tte lage denne til henne. Krevde det mye arbeid? La meg fortelle deg at jeg har omtrent ikke sovet p\u00e5 ei uke. Som jeg sa, dette er et utrolig velskrevet m\u00f8nster. Detaljniv\u00e5et er sv\u00e6rt h\u00f8yt, og samtidig tidskrevende. Jeg undervurderte fullstendig hvor lang tid det ville ta meg \u00e5 gj\u00f8re ferdig kantingen og \u00e5 sy p\u00e5 plass linningen. Men til slutt, som du kan se, s\u00e5 endte det godt. Mottakeren er kjempeforn\u00f8yd, faktisk s\u00e5 nektet hun \u00e5 den av og brukte den over mange dager. Oppdraget fullf\u00f8rt!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have discovered a new favourite designer!!! Well she is in no way new in the knitting world, and it is a bit strange that I haven\u2019t found her before now, but I\u2019m so glad I did. Kate Davies\u2019 designs are classy and tailored but in a quirky style, I just adore them! I just […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[141,2],"tags":[22,143,67,30,68],"class_list":["post-393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-design","category-finished","tag-design","tag-finished","tag-kate-davies","tag-knitting","tag-summer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maya-b.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maya-b.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maya-b.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maya-b.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maya-b.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=393"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.maya-b.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":398,"href":"https:\/\/www.maya-b.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393\/revisions\/398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maya-b.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maya-b.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maya-b.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}